Afloat Class A Mishaps

As of 08 May 2013 

Ship and Submarine Mishaps

• 14 Feb 2013: (Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan) CG sustained Class B fire in main engine room while moored pier side.
• 14 Feb 2013: (near Catalina Island, CA) During submarine rescue system training, the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) fell damaging the PRM, transfer skirt, deck cradle, and umbilical.
• 17 Jan 2013: (Philippines) MCM ran aground operating in the Sulu Sea near Tubbataha Reef.
• 09 Jan 2013: (Strait of Hormuz) SSN sustained damage to periscope during transit.
• 12 Dec 2012: (Cherry Point OpArea) E-3 sustained head injury when shoring fell while working in well deck.
• 13 Oct 2012: (Atlantic Ocean off the Coast of Jax, FL) Cruiser and sub collided.

Diving Mishaps

• 26 Feb 2013: (Aberdeen, MD) During unit-level training final evaluation problem dive, two E-5's were recovered unconscious and unresponsive.  One died on scene and the other diver was pronounced dead at the hospital.